Blowing the lid
on statins and the cholesterol myth

“The last thing you want to do is to interfere
with the level of cholesterol in your body. Whatever level you have is
the right level – don't mess around with it!”

Dr Natasha Campbell-McBride, quote from $tatin
Nation

High cholesterol, especially low-density lipoprotein
(LDL) cholesterol, is one of the most well established causes of, or
risk factors for, heart disease. Saturated fat is dangerous and should
be avoided at all costs. Science shows that statins are the modern
‘wonder drug’ and thousands more lives could be saved if low-risk
patients started taking them. Right? Wrong! A
new documentary
blows these and other misconceptions out of the water. In so doing, the
documentary likens the over-prescription of statins to organised
crime. Could this be the game changer we’ve all been waiting for?

$tatin Nation will be available from 10th
September for On Demand viewing from this trailer link. By watching the
film from our link, you will be donating 10% of your fee to ANH-Intl
campaign funds. To those of you who educate yourselves on this vital
information in this way, thank you. We greatly appreciate your support.

Come in cholesterol, your time is up

We have to hand it to
Justin
Smith, director of a new documentary entitled
$tatin
Nation: The Great Cholesterol Cover-Up: he’s done a wonderful
job both of showing why one of modern medicine’s most cherished theories
is wrong, and putting the boot into a ‘wonder drug’ that causes more
problems that it solves. And all in not much more than an hour! Right
from the off, we recommend without reservation that you should see this
movie, whoever you are – and then make every effort to spread the word
to others. Especially anyone you know who is on, is considering taking
or is being recommended, statins.

Mr Smith’s film turns its sights on the
lipid hypothesis – the theory that high cholesterol is a major cause
of heart disease – and, “The over-prescription of
cholesterol-lowering medications and the misrepresentation of medical
evidence”. And while the film addresses the science head-on, we
guarantee that you’ll come away from this film with a clear
understanding of why the lipid hypothesis is really the ‘cholesterol
myth’, even if you have no science background at all. That’s the beauty
of $tation
Nation: it condenses a huge amount of complex data into an
entertaining format that anyone can understand, without ever patronising
the viewer. We think the film is going to be an essential tool in the
eventual overturning of the outdated, misguided and frankly dangerous
lipid hypothesis, and the related over-prescription of statins.

Key facts from Statin Nation

Again, we urge you to watch $tatin Nation as
soon as it becomes available from 10th September, and share it with
people you care about. But to whet your appetite, here’s a few vital
nuggets of information from the film:

Eight of 9 panellists who voted to reduce the blood cholesterol
cut-off point in US treatment guidelines, so that patients were more
likely to be prescribed statins, had financial ties to statin
manufacturers. It’s the
same story in Europe

Cholesterol is
essential for life, as a vital component of cell membranes and a
precursor to many hormones. Unsurprisingly, then, low cholesterol
damages cell membranes, affecting the nervous system and the ability
to deal with stress. The lower your cholesterol levels, the younger
you die!

Contrary to what we are told, lower socioeconomic groups, who
die from heart disease more frequently, have lower cholesterol
levels than higher socioeconomic groups

Low cholesterol levels predispose to cancer: among
low-cholesterol populations, approximately three times more people
die from cancer compared with their high-cholesterol counterparts

The statin, Lipitor, made $13 billion for Pfizer in 2010!

A new paradigm

“It usually takes around 25 years to change an established
medical paradigm,” said Dr Uffe Ravnkov when we spoke to him after
the premiere of $tatin Nation, “Because we have to wait for the
current generation of experts to die or retire! We’re very close to that
point now, I think.

“I believe that this film could be very important in changing the
cholesterol paradigm. So many people on statins think that their
terrible side effects are simply due to ageing, when of course it might
be the drug that’s responsible. If enough people see this film,
especially people on statins, $tatin Nation could make a huge
contribution. It could even be the tipping point.”

Call to action

Spread the word to your family, friends and acquaintances,
especially anyone you know who’s taking statins, or is considering
taking or is being recommended them

If you can, use your website, blog or social media page to get
the link to this article out and spread the word about $tatin
Nation. Remember, you donate 10% of the proceeds to our vital
campaign funds every time you rent the film!